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  2. Maha Shivaratri - Wikipedia

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    Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March. [7] According to the Hindu calendar , the festival is observed on the fourteenth day of the first half (night start with darkness - waning) of the lunar month of Phalguna .

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    26 February: Maha Shivaratri. Three of these - 14 and 29 January, and 3 February - have been designated as Shahi Snan (or the royal bath) days when the Naga sadhus will bathe.

  4. Kumbh Mela - Wikipedia

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    [4] [7] [8] It was asserted that, In 2022, after a 700 year break, Bansberia , hosted the pilgrimage again. [8] [9] In many parts of India, similar but smaller community pilgrimage and bathing festivals are called the Magha Mela, Makar Mela or equivalent. For example, in Tamil Nadu, the Magha Mela with water-dip ritual is a festival of antiquity.

  5. Public holidays in India - Wikipedia

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    Maha Shivaratri: Floating Hindu festival to celebrate the wedding of Lord Shiva with Parvati, celebrated on the fourteenth day of Krishna Paksha in the month of Phalguna or Magha in the Hindu calendar [18] March: Nowruz: Floating Celebrates the beginning of the Persian New Year March – April: Holi: Floating

  6. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    Maha Shivaratri: Statue of Shiva meditating: Thirteenth night of the waning moon of Magh / Phalguna Maha Shivaratri is the great night of Shiva, during which followers of Shiva observe religious fasting and the offering of Bael (Bilva) leaves to Shiva. Mahashivaratri Festival or ‘The Night of Shiva’ is celebrated with devotion and religious ...

  7. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Hindu festival of Maha Shivaratri falls on the fourteenth lunar day of Magha's Krishna paksha in the Amanta system, while the same exact day is expressed as the fourteenth lunar day of Phalguna's Krishna paksha in the Purnimanta system. [46]

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  9. Shanaleshwara Swayambhu Temple - Wikipedia

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    Maha Shivaratri is great festival here, three-days fair is held here every year on Maha Shivaratri and lakhs of people come to the fair to ask for a vow. It has been a tradition that on Maha Shivaratri and in this area (near Rajpura) most of the devotees start their journey on foot [6] from their homes to the Shanaleshwara temple and volunteers serve food to the devotees along the way.